sorry I am a few days late posting this, I lost the camera cable (the pics I did over the weekend were on the other camera, different cable!).  also no stylin’ outfit since she was already dressed for bed when I remembered!

as usual, last month:

Soon, she’ll be able to eat the bear.

In other news, I have (as you saw a few days ago) been working hard on making baby-food for little char. She wont be starting solids for another month, but I want a freezer full for her,  since feeding solids adds a whole new level of work to infant parenting, I am getting the preparing part out of the way early. So far I’ve made: Beef, Chicken, Peas, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes, Corn, Butternut Squash, Banana/blueberry, and mango.  Since I`ve got 12 blocks minimum of each, and she`ll only eat 1-2 blocks a day for the first few months, I am set for a while.

I am really, really proud to say that my 5 month old thriving baby has still had nothing (to eat, she has had medicine-gripe water, tylenol and pro-biotics) but breast-milk, 99% of it straight from the tap (I do give her a bit on my finger mixed with her pro-biotics every day, and we have made a couple half-hearted unsuccessful attempts with a bottle). 

Even if she did take the bottle, we wouldn`t be using them aften, since I really need to maintain my freezer stash of  milk (maybe 30 ozs) in case of an emergency, since her intolerances mean we no one can just hop to the drugstore to get her formula (which she may not be willing to drink anyways, I have heard the hypoallergenic ones taste really bad) or get her donor milk ASAP.  Of course, I onlyhave about a day`s worth in my freezer stash, but it is something! I am expressing (by hand) a bit every day from now to Saturday so there will be a fresh bottle for her because…

we  (meaning he) will be offering her a bottle on Saturday most likely, since (here is the segue to other big news!) I will be volunteering at a Car-Seat Clinic. I am so excited, my first clinic. I have used my training tonnes for myself, my friends and my family as well as at my office…but a clinic!! I normally would not leave my baby at this age for this long (4 hours-10 till 2) but since the clinic is literally around the corner so the man can bring her to me to nurse if need be, I am gonna do it!!

I`ve got some make-up reviews coming in a few days…or maybe even later today if I am really ambition. Stay tuned!

Last night we had dinner out (sans the girl) with several couples, and then a small get-together with the adults and kids at a friend’s house. I was by far the most over dressed, but that is nothing new for me.

I tried out some dramatic smokey blue eyes:

 To go with a striped sweater dress and boots:

  and I enjoyed one of my favorite drinks:

As for New Year’s Resolutions, this year I am going to make them much more broad than I have in previous years, since tight ones never seem to be attainable anyways! I wish I had last year’s to go over, but they were on my now dead and gone first blog! Oh well, I do remember doing a tummy-roll was a goal of mine, and I’ve done that (who wants a video??). For 2008 I will:

1. Be more focused on my family.

2. Make healthy lifestyle choices.

3. Make positive changes with regards to my career.

4. Be kinder to the world and encourage others to do so as well. Starting here, with my blogger pal C.K..

Happy News Years Everyone!!!

So D and I hit the mall early today for some Boxing Day shopping. We had fun together, but there was really not much to buy. There were no spring/summer clothes on sale, and the winter stuff was very picked over and mostly stuff that had already been on sale for weeks. Also,  I don’t really need anymore winter clothes and have gained about 6lbs in the past few months (hello writer’s strike good-bye elliptical) and just don’t feel like trying on clothes until I feel better about myself again. There wasn’t even anything to buy for the girl, as she only wears dresses and there were tonnes of girl’s separates on sale, but only holiday dresses which she does not need. I looked for the man too, but all the nice men’s stuff was either super big or super small  (though I admit, I didn’t look too hard for him!).

I did score a pair of boots though. I decided I need flat(ish) boots as I have been wearing a lot of leggings and long sweaters/short sweater dresses this winter, and it looks sorta…um…trashy with high heel boots, and wrong with shoes. I avoided the dreaded hideous Uggs(yes M, I know they are comfy, but I just cannot do it! They belong in the Hell I normally reserve for Crocs) and scored these instead. Cute, eh:

I also have swollen, pus filled, scarred tonsils. I took a picture for ya’ll, but it is scary, so click here if you dare. I am feeling better though, the fever and sick feeling are almost gone, just another day or so of sore throat, and another 7 days of anti-biotics to contend with.

As for what I want. I WANT A Wii! NOW! I played it for the first time at my cousin’s house today, and let me just say, it is like crack. I would drop those 6lbs like nobodies business if just I had a Wii. As it is, I’ll just have to invite myself to my cousin’s house every day, until I score a Wii for myself. Cousins, listen here: Sorry, but I will not return the favour and invite you to my home for lunch.  I’ll cook for you. I’ll clean for you. I’ll even baby-sit you kids and walk your dog. But any future get-togethers will be at the house with the Wii. And that’s your house. Deal with it. Or give us the Wii. It’s up to you (see ya at 9am tomorrow, k? I’ll phone at 6 to make sure you are awake).

P.S. I know that there are some cute Uggs online, but I have never actually seen them. Luckily, I have never seen these in real life either. It is a good thing, as I think if I did I would have to gouge my eyes out:

P.S. S. Sorry I have been not around much lately. Between being sick and being very busy at home and work right now, I have been rather remiss in my blogging duties. I’ll try to be around more in the New Year! I know how much you all must suffer when I am not here for you…

Here is the girl, dressed as Alina (a Barbie Fairy) for Halloween. She is a doll…but I hope next year we can finally move on from the fairy/princess theme!

P.S. Don’t expect to see much of me in November, as I’ll be pretty busy with writing my novel, going to DisneyWorld (the 25th to the 1st), Celebrating my birthday (the 13th, I’ll be 34) and anniversary (the 18th, it’ll be 6 years) and another project I hope to share with you all in the next few months!

But I just got my first ever blog award from KarenMEG over at A Day in The Life:

Many of my blog buddies have already gotten this award elsewhere, but I will still pass it along. I bestow the honour of being one of my very very fortunate BFFs to: Gaviesgal, Curiosity Killer, C, Dilly, D, Alimum, Thordora, Jen, Wendy, Abby and mommiebear2!

Things people searched for that got them here:

*flush selectively (if it’s yellow, let it mellow…)

*history of the chocolate bubka (yum)

*fancy soap bars with matching soap beads (um, I don’t do fancy decorative soaps. Wrong place)

*I caught my husband wearing panties (nope, not here)

*dark dry spots on knees (use a loofah)

*pissy panties + very young (disgusting. it almost makes me want to go off google, that someone doing such a search ended up here.)

*built in fake butt in bathing suits (I could use one of those)

*perfect purple eye-shadow (that I can help you with)

I was getting pretty darn bored of my blog, so I got the talented Dawn of Barefoot Blog Designs to create a new header for me. I am adoring the header, but just not sure I can find the right template for it. This looks cute…but it is also pretty bright. The header is too light for my old dark template. Hmm…I am debating changing my blog back to blogger where there are a lot more design options…or paying to allow more customization here at wordpress. What do you all think?

Whatever I do, I will be doing it with Dawn. Even if I have to start getting my paychecks redirected directly to her. Kidding, she is actually very affordable! and quick! and easy to work with…though I think I had her pulling her hair out today…sorry Dawn…Muah!

In other news…not so much. It’s been a crappy week all around, but it’ll look up. How could it not when I have a bright new blog???

368 visitors today. I have a feeling my blog has been discovered once again. Oh well, it is no fun if no one is reading! I wonder how many smokey eyes I’ll spy around me in the next few days! I’ll be watching for them…

In other news, I am exhaused and going to bed. Oh, and I am totally addicted to Big Love!